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You can register using your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, just click here.Don't know where the 84mpg originates but do know Elio needs MUCH more money before they can produce any vehicles..I've seen a fair bit of talk from the Elio camp about how they're tweaking this or that trying their damnedest to get to 84 mpg. Don't get me wrong, gas mileage is a good thing and all that, but do we have any idea what's so magical about 84? I'd rather the car come out tomorrow with 75 mpg than see them experience delay after delay because they're hell bent on some arbitrarily chosen number.
Fact is Elio doesn't possess the motor or tranny yet and the 84 mpg is probably a computer model estimate.. Don't know what mpg the prototypes are getting with their old drivetrains..Oh, I realize that they couldn't produce a car today if they wanted to. My point was that I find it disturbing to see them obviously tinkering (ie, spending what little money they've got) chasing a performance goal that seems arbitrary.
I've seen a fair bit of talk from the Elio camp about how they're tweaking this or that trying their damnedest to get to 84 mpg. Don't get me wrong, gas mileage is a good thing and all that, but do we have any idea what's so magical about 84? I'd rather the car come out tomorrow with 75 mpg than see them experience delay after delay because they're hell bent on some arbitrarily chosen number.
By the numbers 3 X 27 is 84.1. Paul Elio said he wanted the Elio to get 3 times the mileage of the average car in this country.I don't know where the 84 mpg number came from but that is a very good question. I will ask when I see the P4 in a few days however it would be nice if someone would ask Paul Elio where those numbers came from.
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The 84 mpg may be just like the lottery jackpot, it's always advertised at twice what you really get. OK I'll take 42 mpg and I will be happy. But until I'm driving my 2015 Elio I will dream about 84 mpg.